National Science Foundation Solicitation Released
"Antarctic Research" (NSF 06-549)
The Office of Polar Programs
Submission deadline: Wednesday, 7 June 2006
For further information, please see the full solicitation at:
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5519&org=ANT&from=home
The National Science Foundation solicitation "Antarctic Research"
(NSF 06-549) has been released:
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5519&org=ANT&from=home
The "Antarctic Research" solicitation is for support of projects in
Antarctica during the 2007-2008 austral summer or projects in the United
States beginning in early 2007. The proposal submission deadline is
Wednesday, 7 June 2006.
The goals of the U.S. Government in Antarctica are to expand fundamental
knowledge of the region, to foster research on global and regional
problems of current scientific importance, and to use Antarctica as a
platform from which to support research. For projects involving
fieldwork, the U.S. Antarctic Program supports only that research that
can be done exclusively in Antarctica or that can be done best from
Antarctica. The program also supports analytical research performed at
home organizations.
NSF recently released the solicitation "International Polar Year" (NSF
06-534) http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13615,
which focuses on specific emphases areas in science, education, and
outreach. However, IPY-relevant proposals (as outlined in the National
Academy of Science vision document, http://www.us-ipy.org) that are
outside these emphasis areas may be submitted to this Antarctic Research
solicitation.
Additional information concerning other NSF IPY-related funding
opportunities is available online at:
http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/ipy/ipyinfo.jsp
For information concerning other Federal agencies and their IPY
programs, please go to the U.S. government interagency IPY site at:
http://www.us-ipy.gov/